Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 7,689 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Leon Bridges (1932- )
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Helen Reed-Rowe (1949- )
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January 1, 1863: When New Year’s Day Meant Freedom
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Harriet Elizabeth “Liz” Byrd (1926- )

Explore Global African History

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Allan Glaisyer Minns (1858-1930)
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(1963) Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, “Chancellor’s Address at the University of Ibadan”
Julia López
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Julia López (1936- )
Lamine Senghor, February 1927
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(1927) Lamine Senghor, “The Negro’s Fight for Freedom”

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

A Gold Washing Technique
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Ladinos and Bozales: A Brief Early History of Africans in Colombia: 1500-1800
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Fighting for Racial Justice in the Pacific Northwest: Lillian Walker and the Long Struggle for Civil Rights
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The Black Presence in Theater through the Centuries in the Historical Dictionary of African American Theater
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Battle of Adwa (Adowa), 1896

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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